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Hoping to hear objective views on who is in the wrong, the Reddit user pointed out that the couple had agreed on a childless policy, with the exception of the young members of the family.
“We will welcome the children at the reception but would like a peaceful ceremony,” they added in the post, admitting that this was already a compromise to their original wish to have a wedding without children. “I consider a newborn to be much more unpredictable as, in my experience, they can cry at any time.”
The author of the post admitted to having limited knowledge of child behavior, not being a father himself, and not knowing the children on the guest list particularly well. In addition to his post, he shared that the wedding cost “a lot of money,” why such details were so important to the couple, and why they “plan so much or stress out about this decision.”
One respondent pointed out that the newborn was not the only unpredictable member of the crowd, and others agreed.
“I don’t think you understand the concept of a child-free wedding if you’re allowing children,” the commenter wrote. “I’m sorry to break it to you, but the (three-year-old) is much more likely to disrupt your ceremony than the baby.”